Packt Publishing special offers, news, and contributed articles by the technical community. http://www.packtpub.com A web application always has, at some point, the need to deal with multiple types of content. Common content types include JSON, XML, HTML, but there could also be images or even videos to be stored and streamed. Play! 2 provides a clean way of dealing with such content types with the help of body parsers. We won't cover the implementation details of such body parsers, because it's purely based on a functional concept, Iteratee, and thus their implementations are in Scala only. However, we'll see how they are used and how we can gain benefits from them. In this article by Andy Petrella author of Learning Play! Framework 2, we'll update and clean up a bit of what we have been doing so far in order to enable several workflows. So we will only be using examples we have learned up to now. The following is what will be achieved: Make the Chat and Item classes persistent using Ebean Create a link between an item and a user (a user's reply in a chat) Introduce a new type, Image, that will be part of a chat as an attachment Enable a user to connect Browse all chat instances Allow the connected user to reply in a chat Allow the connected user to attach an image to a chat Show examples of UIs Create an action that outputs a requested image Create an action that provides an Atom feed of all chats which have specific users getting involved (kind of like following) http://www.packtpub.com/article/play-framework-2-–-dealing-content?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/play-framework-2-–-dealing-content Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:17 +0100 About the Authors: Jonathan Hobson is a web developer, systems engineer, and applications programmer. He enjoys writing code, publishing articles, building computers, and playing video games. He has been using CentOS since its inception, and over the years it has not only earned his trust, but it has become his first choice server solution. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-centos-servers-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-centos-servers-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:22 +0100 This article by Marcelle Kratochvil author of Managing Multimedia and Unstructured Data in the Oracle Database, covers the technical aspects of setting up a database to use Oracle Multimedia. It contains tips, codes, and useful techniques for setting up and managing an Oracle Database and covers the core storage capabilities of the Oracle Database. The goal is to enable the database administrator to make correctly informed decisions about the physical structure of database storage objects, in particular tablespaces, datafiles, and database capabilities. http://www.packtpub.com/article/techniques-for-creating-a-multimedia-database?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/techniques-for-creating-a-multimedia-database Mon, 20 May 2013 06:19:32 +0100 In this article created by Edvaldo Alessandro Cardoso, author of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Cookbook, we will cover the following topics: Installing System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1 Installing management packs Managing Discovery and Agents Configuring the integration between Operations Manager 2012 and VMM 2012 Enabling reporting in VMM Monitoring VMware vSphere infrastructure from the Operations Manager using management packs http://www.packtpub.com/article/integration-system-center-operations-manager-2012-sp1?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/integration-system-center-operations-manager-2012-sp1 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:28:45 +0100 Having some skill with Tshark and analyzing our network on a regular basis can help us greatly in identifying multiple security issues. Besides the network attacks previously seen, we can intelligently use Tshark to investigate security incidents whose origin is unknown. In this article by Borja Merino, author of Traffic Analysis with Tshark How-to, we will discuss a couple of examples, data exfiltration by a malicious user and an internal network intrusion. http://www.packtpub.com/article/analyzing-network-forensic-data-become-expert?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/analyzing-network-forensic-data-become-expert Fri, 17 May 2013 08:43:08 +0100 In this article by Davy Cielen and Arno Meysman authors of HTML5 Game Development with ImpactJS, we will take a quick look at the options you have for making money with HTML5 game development. Building games can be done purely as a hobby or as a profession. However, the latter requires you to build some pretty unique and successful games as the competition is quite steep. Thus, offering a unique gaming proposition, supported by a healthy dose of marketing, seems to be the way to go for most successful game developers. In this article we will cover: A few strategic options you have when going into game development Making money in the app circuit of Android and Apple The option of in-game advertising and how it applies to HTML5 games MarketJS as a way to sell your distribution rights to a publisher http://www.packtpub.com/article/making-money-with-your-game?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/making-money-with-your-game Fri, 17 May 2013 08:42:42 +0100 This article by Ken Lim, author of Instant Rainmeter Desktop Customization Tool How-to, explains the method of customizing your Windows desktop wallpaper with a live cityscape for different CPU processes. The article, will guide you through the ways to customize your Windows desktop wallpaper using Rainmeter. http://www.packtpub.com/article/building-a-bar-graph-cityscape?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/building-a-bar-graph-cityscape Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:36 +0100 About the authors:Davy Cielen is the co-owner of An Ostrich On Mars, a graphic design and marketing agency with a special branch for game design, graphics, and game development. He has a background in analytics, marketing, and mathematics, and is passionate about game design and web technologies.Arno Meysman is also a co-owner of An Ostrich On Mars. Arno is a specialist in customer and web analytics using statistics and has always been very interested in game development, including graphical design. He started using the ImpactJS engine for hobby projects when it was first released in 2010. Impact is a JavaScript Game Engine that allows users to develop stunning HTML5 games for desktop and mobile browsers. Impact is intuitive and versatile and allows game developers to get results in no time while having an easy overview when games grow more complex. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-creation-and-deployment-of-2d-games-to-the-web-and-mobile-platforms-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-the-creation-and-deployment-of-2d-games-to-the-web-and-mobile-platforms-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Thu, 16 May 2013 10:36:16 +0100 In this article by Unmesh Gundecha, author of Instant Selenium Testing Tools Starter, we will show you how to record a test using Selenium IDE. During the recording, we will add some additional commands to the test and run the recorded test. A test is a basic building block in Selenium IDE. It contains commands for navigation, test steps, and checks for expected versus the actual state of the application. In this article we will show you how to create your first test and execute this test with Selenium IDE. http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start-into-selenium-tests?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/quick-start-into-selenium-tests Thu, 16 May 2013 10:33:34 +0100 About the author: Daniel K. Lyons is a programmer and database administrator at the NRAO in Socorro, NM. He's been using PostgreSQL professionally and privately for a decade and it is one of the few technologies that he still likes despite using it so much. In his spare time he likes to program in Haskell and Prolog. http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-postgresql-instant-using-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-postgresql-instant-using-packts-new-ebook Thu, 16 May 2013 07:07:08 +0100 About the Author: Traci L. Ruthkoski has an eclectic background varying from computation, statistics, media technology, clinical and medical research, and more recently cloud technology. Currently she is working on overall advancement of Research Cyber Infrastructure and Information Technology at University of Michigan. Her academic work in the IEEE CloudCom 2010 proceedings and her blog/tutorial are some of the most sought after repositories for cloud computing tools and trends. http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-interactive-data-displays-using-google-visualization-api-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-interactive-data-displays-using-google-visualization-api-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Wed, 15 May 2013 15:09:32 +0100 In this article by Mark Polino, author of Building Dashboards with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and Excel 2013, will walk you through the deployment of a dashboard. Once you deploy a dashboard, it's inevitable that someone will want more information. They won't believe a number and will want to know the detail that makes up a balance. A great way to manage this is to build a couple of dashboards. Usually, this looks like a primary dashboard with secondary dashboards that break out more information about sales, cash, or departments. We've done this on a very simple level with our Revenue and Net Income tabs. They provide additional detail to expand on the main dashboard numbers. Another great way to deal with the need for detail, and to take your dashboard beyond what everyone else is doing, is to allow users to drill down into specific transactions or accounts in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. In this article, we will look at drill down options including: Hyperlinks Using drill downs present in GP 2013 The structure of a drill down Building your own links with Drill Down Builder Drill downs in complex environments http://www.packtpub.com/article/drilling-back-source-data-in-dynamics-gp-2013-using-dashboards?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/drilling-back-source-data-in-dynamics-gp-2013-using-dashboards Wed, 15 May 2013 06:50:14 +0100 In this article by Zahir Hussain Shah, the author of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: Deploying Hyper-V Enterprise Server Virtualization Platform, we will dive deeper into Hyper-V storage, where we will discuss the various types of storage options available with Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V for a virtual machine in detail. http://www.packtpub.com/article/insight-into-hyper-v-storage?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/insight-into-hyper-v-storage Tue, 14 May 2013 08:17:35 +0100 In this article by Shawn R. McLean, author of Instant .NET 4.5 Extension Methods How-to , we learn about the extension methods on IQueryable. IQueryable is used to operate mainly on databases. IQueryableare an extension from IEnumerable, hence, we can call all extensions and methods of IEnumerable. A query using IQueryable can be built up on over time, before it hits the database. The query is executed once you execute an eager function such as ToList(), looping the data or attempting to use the values. IQueryable is used by providers such as LINQ to entities or LINQ to SQL. http://www.packtpub.com/article/dot-net-4-5-extension-methods-on-iqueryable?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/dot-net-4-5-extension-methods-on-iqueryable Tue, 14 May 2013 08:13:52 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-create-fun-filled-multi-platform-games-jquery-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-create-fun-filled-multi-platform-games-jquery-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 14 May 2013 07:42:07 +0100 In this article by Alessio Di Lorenzo and Giovanni Allegri, the authors of the book Instant OpenLayers Starter, we will discuss some basic points about OpenLayers OpenLayers is an open source map viewing library, originally developed and released by MetaCarta under a BSD license. It is written in pure JavaScript and makes it easy to incorporate interactive maps from a variety of sources into your web pages and applications. http://www.packtpub.com/article/what-openlayers?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/what-openlayers Mon, 13 May 2013 11:56:51 +0100 This article by Joseph Howse, author of OpenCV Computer Vision with Python introduces some of OpenCV's tracking functionality, along with the data files that define particular types of trackable objects. Specifically, we look at Haar cascade classifiers, which analyze contrast between adjacent image regions to determine whether or not a given image or subimage matches a known type. We consider how to combine multiple Haar cascade classifiers in a hierarchy, such that one classifier identifies a parent region (for our purposes, a face) and other classifiers identify child regions (eyes, nose, and mouth). We also take a detour into the humble but important subject of rectangles. By drawing, copying, and resizing rectangular image regions, we can perform simple manipulations on image regions that we are tracking. By the end of this article, we will integrate face tracking and rectangle manipulations into Cameo. Finally, we'll have some face-to-face interaction! All the finished code for this article can be downloaded from my website: http://nummist.com/opencv/3923_04.zip. http://www.packtpub.com/article/tracking-faces-with-haar-cascades?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/tracking-faces-with-haar-cascades Mon, 13 May 2013 10:44:42 +0100 Thanks to the Android native application APIs, it is possible to write an Android application with pure native code since Android API level 9 (Android 2.3, Gingerbread). That is, not a single line of Java code is needed. The Android native APIs are defined in several header files under the /platforms/android-/arch-arm/usr/ include/android/ folder. In this article by Feipeng Liu author of Android Native Development Kit Cookbook, we will cover the following recipes: Creating a native activity with the native_activity.h interface Creating a native activity with the Android native app glue Managing native windows at Android NDK Detecting and handling input events at Android NDK Accessing sensors at Android NDK Managing assets at Android NDK http://www.packtpub.com/article/android-native-application-api?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/android-native-application-api Mon, 13 May 2013 08:02:20 +0100 NumPy has a number of modules that have been inherited from its predecessor, Numeric. Some of these packages have a SciPy counterpart, which may have fuller functionality. The numpy.dual package contains functions that are defined both in NumPy and SciPy. The packages discussed in this article are also part of the numpy.dual package. In this article by Ivan Idris from the book NumPy Beginner’s Guide - Second Edition, we shall cover the following topics: The linalg package The fft package Random numbers Continuous and discrete distributions http://www.packtpub.com/article/move-further-with-numpy-modules?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/move-further-with-numpy-modules Mon, 13 May 2013 07:55:02 +0100 About the author: Patrick Li : Having worked for over five years in the Atlassian ecosystem, Patrick is one of the top contributors to the Atlassian community, often providing answers and suggestions on the Atlassian user forum. Patrick is the co-founder and senior engineer of AppFusions, which is the leading Atlassian partner, specializing in integration solutions with many enterprise applications and platforms, including IBM Connections, Jive, Google Apps, Box, SugarCRM, and more. http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-how-to-set-up-jira-for-software-development-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/learn-how-to-set-up-jira-for-software-development-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 13:28:36 +0100 About the author:Jobin Kuruvilla is an Atlassian Consultant with experience in customizing JIRA and writing JIRA plugins for various customers. He is currently working with Go2Group as an Atlassian platinum expert, and is involved in managing Atlassian products for big enterprises as well as small starter license installations. Jobin is the author of JIRA Development Cookbook, Packt Publishing, released in 2011, which was very well-received in the JIRA community. JIRA is an issue tracking product, developed by Atlassian and used for bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management. JIRA provides issue tracking and project tracking for software development teams to improve code quality and the speed of development. JIRA is a commercial software product that can be licensed for running on-premises or available as a hosted application. http://www.packtpub.com/news//master-the-exciting-capabilities-of-jira-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news//master-the-exciting-capabilities-of-jira-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 13:22:14 +0100 About the authors: Alexandre Alves: With over 12 years of experience in software development working for large companies such as IBM and Oracle, Alexandre has also worked with network management, CORBA, JEE, web services, OSGi, BPEL, CEP, and middleware technologies in general. He has co-authored two BPEL books in the past and has authored OSGi In Depth. http://www.packtpub.com/news/immerse-yourself-in-the-world-of-real-time-event-stream-processing-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/immerse-yourself-in-the-world-of-real-time-event-stream-processing-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 13:03:10 +0100 About the Author: John Arundel is an infrastructure consultant who helps people make their computer systems more reliable, useful, and cost-effective and has fun doing it. He was formerly a senior operations engineer at Verizon, designing resilient and high-performance infrastructures for corporations such as Ford, McDonald's, and Bank of America. Puppet is IT automation software that helps system administrators manage infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration to patch management and compliance. Using Puppet, it's easy to automate repetitive tasks, quickly deploy critical applications, and proactively manage change, scaling from 10s of servers to 1000s, on-premise or in the cloud. http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-a-pro-with-puppet-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/become-a-pro-with-puppet-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 09:28:45 +0100 In this article by Paul Goodey, author of Getting Started with Oracle Event Processing 11g, we will cover the following recipes: Creating a Personal Setup link using the standard Custom Links on the sidebar Using Custom Links to open Training in a new window from the sidebar Creating a news-ticker message on the home page Automatically collapsing Chatter feeds on the home page Removing Chatter feeds on the home page Adding a Send An Email button on the home page Showing Opportunity Sales Stage descriptions on the home page http://www.packtpub.com/article/working-home-page-components-and-custom-links?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/working-home-page-components-and-custom-links Fri, 10 May 2013 08:21:22 +0100 About the Author: John Ament started participating in the open source community in 2008. After working with Spring a bit here and there, he started investigating Seam Framework. After finding use of the framework in a few applications he started participating more and more with the community. Eventually, John became the module lead for a couple of components in Seam 3 and started working more and more with open source technologies. http://www.packtpub.com/news/write-simple-codes-for-java-testing-with-arquillian-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/write-simple-codes-for-java-testing-with-arquillian-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 10 May 2013 08:19:40 +0100 About the Author: Joseph Howse works as an augmented reality software developer at Ad-Dispatch, an augmented reality company. He develops applications for mobile devices, kiosks, and the Web. With a Master of Computer Science degree from Dalhousie University, Joe also does research on software architecture as applied to augmented reality. http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-computer-vision-using-opencv-and-python-with-packts-new-book?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-computer-vision-using-opencv-and-python-with-packts-new-book Thu, 09 May 2013 12:15:34 +0100 In this article by Rachel McCollin,authors of WordPress Theme Development - Beginner's Guide we'll look at some added extras, some additional bells and whistles you can use to make your theme just that bit better. You'll learn how to create and make use of additional template files to add extra flexibility and functionality to your theme, as well as how to use conditional tags to display different content in different parts of your site. You'll also learn how to make use of the Theme Customizer and optimize your site for SEO. You can create perfectly good, workable WordPress themes without any of these extras, but you'll find that you can take your WordPress themes much further with these techniques. So let's get going! http://www.packtpub.com/article/tips-and-tricks?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/tips-and-tricks Thu, 09 May 2013 12:10:44 +0100 About the Authors: David Studebaker is a recognized Microsoft Certified Professional for NAV in all three areas and also a founder of Liberty Grove Software. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. David started programming in 1962 and achieved his role as co-developer of the first production multi-programmed SPOOLing system in 1967. http://www.packtpub.com/develop-and-design-nav-2013-using-packt's-new-book?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/develop-and-design-nav-2013-using-packt's-new-book Wed, 08 May 2013 13:31:31 +0100 This article by Darren Cope, author of Appcelerator Titanium Application Development by Example Beginner's Guide will show how to integrate with the cloud and will concentrate on how to use some of the storage-based solutions. Specifically you will learn how to: Integrate with Appcelerator Cloud Services Interface to a REST-based cloud service Send and receive data from the cloud http://www.packtpub.com/article/cloud-enabling-your-apps?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/cloud-enabling-your-apps Wed, 08 May 2013 11:33:56 +0100 The article, Using Debug Perspective, will guide you through the ways of setting up breakpoints and navigate through the code using various breakpoint manipulation options. This article by Anatoly Spektor, author of Instant Eclipse Application Testing How-to, will guide you to learn what breakpoints are and how to use them. After reading this article, you will be able to effectively debug Java applications of any scope. Fortunately, any prior knowledge of Eclipse is not required; thus it is suitable for developers with any level of experience in Eclipse application development and testing. http://www.packtpub.com/article/using-debug-perspective-setting-breakpoints?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/using-debug-perspective-setting-breakpoints Tue, 07 May 2013 13:27:01 +0100 In this article by Alexandre Alves,Robin J. Smith and Lloyd Williams, authors of Getting Started with Oracle Event Processing 11g, you will be introduced to the basic concepts of Complex Event Processing ( CEP ), its impact today on businesses across all industries, and the key artifacts that together constitute an Event-Driven Solution Platform. Some of the topics we will cover are as follows: What is event processing Relating this to a business in computing terms Use case: A solution for customer problems Key elements of event stream processing Event processing languages and extensibility Holistic event-driven and service-orientated architectures Predicting an event http://www.packtpub.com/article/overview-complex-event-processing?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/overview-complex-event-processing Tue, 07 May 2013 09:59:09 +0100 In this article by Vinod Krishnan, author of Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide, we will take a look at validating and using the model data. Validating data is important as business depends on the data that gets stored in the database. So how do we validate the data? Validation is something that makes sure that valid data is getting stored in the database. Validation could be anything from comparing two fields in a table to multiple validations on a single field involving different columns from a different table. In any other framework, we would end up writing a lot of code even for a small validation. But in ADF, we do little or no coding at all, and most of the validations are achieved declaratively. In this article, we will learn the following topics: Declarative validation Groovy expressions http://www.packtpub.com/article/validating-and-using-the-model-data?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/validating-and-using-the-model-data Tue, 07 May 2013 09:18:51 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-easeljs-using-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-easeljs-using-packts-new-ebook Tue, 07 May 2013 06:05:42 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-rs-full-potential-in-data-analysis-in-an-instant-with-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-rs-full-potential-in-data-analysis-in-an-instant-with-packts-new-ebook Mon, 06 May 2013 13:05:02 +0100 About the Author: Gabriel Manricks is a full stack software and web developer proficient in a number of programming languages. He likes to learn them as and when they are introduced, keeping abreast of the latest web technologies. Gabriel presently works as a full-time staff writer for NetTuts+. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web applications in the shortest possible time. will take users through the basics of MeteorJS, from a discussion of its origins to creating fast, fluid and engaging content on the Web. http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-top-quality-web-applications-in-a-fraction-of-the-time-with-meteorjs-using-packts-new-ebook.?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/create-top-quality-web-applications-in-a-fraction-of-the-time-with-meteorjs-using-packts-new-ebook. Mon, 06 May 2013 12:33:58 +0100 Another alternative much discussed by the community of developers is transforming the table into a graphic when it is being displayed on small screen devices. This is not an easy task taking into account the size and amount of data that a table can have. Let's see an alternative solution combining the previous recipes with another plugin for rendering graphics. The main reason for this combination is we use only one plugin per page, thus optimizing our load. This article by Fernando Monteiro, the author of the book, Instant HTML5 Responsive Table Design How-to explains what happens when we convert the data and display a nice graphic for our users using a properly formatted table. http://www.packtpub.com/article/converting-tables-into-graphs-advanced?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/converting-tables-into-graphs-advanced Mon, 06 May 2013 12:14:34 +0100 About the Author: Shane Gliser graduated from Washburn University in 2001, specializing in Java development. Shane's primary passions center on user experience and the mobile web. He began working with jQuery Mobile while it was still in Alpha 2 and deployed the American Century Investments mobile site while the framework was still in Beta 2. Since then, he has rebranded and re-launched his own personal business, Roughly Brilliant Digital Studios (http://roughlybrilliant.com), as a place where he blogs tips about using jQuery Mobile. http://www.packtpub.com/news/quickly-craft-creative-sites-work-smartphones-using-jquery-mobile-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/quickly-craft-creative-sites-work-smartphones-using-jquery-mobile-packts-new-book-and-ebook Mon, 06 May 2013 10:35:43 +0100 About the Author:Gaurav Vaish is a principal engineer with Yahoo! India, primarily in three domains – cloud, web, and devices (including mobile and connected TV). Gaurav's field of expertise is in designing applications for these domains. He first worked at Adobe Systems India, where he was part of the engineering solutions group. In 2005, he started his own company called Edujini Labs. http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-nosql-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/get-started-with-nosql-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Mon, 06 May 2013 08:52:06 +0100 About the Author: Abhishek Sur has years of hands on experience with different .NET products and languages. He is currently an architect in the .NET platform and has also been a Microsoft MVP in Client App Developer since 2011. A renowned public speaker, voracious reader, and technology buff, his main interests include exploring the new realms of .NET technology and coming up with invaluable write-ups on the unexplored domains of .NET. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-dotnet-framework-using-visual-studio-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-dotnet-framework-using-visual-studio-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Mon, 06 May 2013 08:28:44 +0100 About the author:Ken Lim is a computer programmer and tinkerer. He is a part of the team behind the award winning Guardian News website (http://www.guardian.co.uk).Instant Rainmeter Desktop Customization How-to provides a simple, practical tour of the Rainmeter application. Readers will learn how to create some nifty projects using easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams. Each project comes with a thorough exploration of the code, to understand exactly how it works. http://www.packtpub.com/news/customize-your-windows-desktop-with-rainmater-using-packts-new-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/customize-your-windows-desktop-with-rainmater-using-packts-new-ebook Sun, 05 May 2013 13:44:37 +0100 About the Author: Shawn Ricardo McLean works at Northern Caribbean University and is also the co-founder of Xormis. His passion for architecting and developing scalable mobile and web applications based on the Microsoft .NET platform has led to various awards, including a gold medal in web design, the Governor General’s iBelieve award, Jamaica’s Prime Minister’s Youth Award, and the Chamber of Commerce award. http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-dotnet-extension-methods-in-an-instant-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/master-dotnet-extension-methods-in-an-instant-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Fri, 03 May 2013 12:57:33 +0100 About the Author: Mark Stagi has been passionate about photography since he was a child. Mark continued his studies of photography and fine art with a degree in the Arts and an emphasis on Photography. He also has his own wedding photography business focusing on fine art wedding photography. http://www.packtpub.com/news/make-normal-pictures-look-stunning-with-packts-new-book-and-eBook-on-photo-editing?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/make-normal-pictures-look-stunning-with-packts-new-book-and-eBook-on-photo-editing Fri, 03 May 2013 12:41:30 +0100 In this article by John Torjo, author of Boost.Asio C++ Network Programming, we'll implement a small client/server application, which is probably the easiest client/server application you will ever write. This is the Echo application, a server that echoes back anything a client writes, and then closes the client's connection. The server can handle any number of clients. As each client connects, it sends a message. The server receives the full message and sends it back. After that, it closes the connection. Therefore, each Echo client connects to the server, sends a message, and reads what the server replies, making sure it's the same message it sent and finishes talking to the server. http://www.packtpub.com/article/echo-serverclients?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/echo-serverclients Thu, 02 May 2013 14:21:44 +0100 In this article by Cyrille Rossant, author of Learning IPython for Interactive Computing and Data Visualization, we will take a quick tour of IPython by introducing 10 essential features of this powerful tool. Although brief, this hands-on visit will cover a wide range of IPython functionalities. http://www.packtpub.com/article/ten-ipython-essentials?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/ten-ipython-essentials Thu, 02 May 2013 13:22:33 +0100 Cocos2d-x is a game engine based on Cocos2d for iPhone, with an expanding number of supported platforms, and several choices of programming languages that share the same API structure. This book will teach readers how to build multi-device games in simple steps, letting the framework do all the heavy lifting. It will help in bringing games to the next level with easy to apply animations, particle effects, and physics simulation. Readers can quickly implement and test their own gameplay ideas, with an eye to optimization and portability. This book makes building games as interesting as it is to play them. http://www.packtpub.com/news/build-cross-platform-games-with-cocos2d-x-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/build-cross-platform-games-with-cocos2d-x-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Thu, 02 May 2013 12:49:59 +0100 About the Author: Steve Perkins is a Java developer based in Atlanta, GA, USA and has been working with Java in a web and systems integration context for 15 years, for clients ranging from commerce and finance to media and entertainment. He has been using Hibernate intensively for over seven years, and is interested in best practices for data modeling and application design. http://www.packtpub.com/news/explore-the-hibernate-search-system-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/explore-the-hibernate-search-system-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Thu, 02 May 2013 12:09:10 +0100 About the Author: Allan MacGregor is a Magento Certified Developer Plus with four years of Magento experience. He also has a certification in Linux System Administration by IBM. He started working with Magento as a freelance looking for a better framework to build e-commerce solutions, and he is now the Magento Lead Developer at Demac Media. He's very passionate about software development in general. He is constantly working with new technologies and frameworks. http://www.packtpub.com/news/build-your-knowledge-magento-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/news/build-your-knowledge-magento-using-packts-new-book-and-ebook Thu, 02 May 2013 08:09:15 +0100 In this article by Andriy Lesyuk, author of Instant Google Drive Starter, you will learn how to install and customize Redmine. For installing Redmine from a package we will use Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS. Why Ubuntu? Because it's one of the most popular Linux distributions nowadays and Ubuntu is widely used along with Redmine (for example, the TurnKey Linux is also based on Ubuntu). http://www.packtpub.com/article/installing-and-customizing-redmine?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/installing-and-customizing-redmine Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:46:18 +0100 http://www.packtpub.com/use-ipython-for-interactive-computing-and-data-analysis-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/use-ipython-for-interactive-computing-and-data-analysis-with-packts-new-book-and-ebook Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:00:22 +0100 This article by Chip Lambert, author of Instant RESS Implementation How-to will explain how to get started with the feature detection library, Modernizr. http://www.packtpub.com/article/getting-started-with-modernizr-using-php-ide?utm_medium=rss http://www.packtpub.com/article/getting-started-with-modernizr-using-php-ide Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:13:03 +0100